Bottling-machine.



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BOTTLING MACHINE. APPLIOATION IILED SEPT. 24,1909.

A. A. PINDSTOFTE.

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A. A. PINDSTOFTB.

BOTTLING MACHINE.

APPLICIATIOK FILED SEPT. 24, 1909.

967,049. Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

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W neadw [raven/01 ANDERS ANDERSEN PINlDSTOFTE, 0F COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

BOTTLING-MAGI-IINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

Application filed September 24, 1909. Serial No. 519,390.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDRES ANDERSEN Pmosrorrn, manufacturer, subject ofthe Kingdom of Denmark, residing at No. 62 Frederiksberg All, in thecity of Copenhagen, Denmark, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Bottling-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bottling machines of the typein which the bottles are automatically and successively moved and heldinto operative relation with bottle filling means, and similarly areautomatically moved away from the bottle filling means after they havebeen filled, whereby a filled bottle can be extracted and an emptybottle placed on its support.

Broadly the invention consists of a movable carrier provided with aplurality of movable supports for the bottles, said supports beingprovided with counterweights for holding the bottles normally in thefilling position and which are elevated at a predetermined time to allowthe bottle to move away from the filling means,said counterweights beingtemporarily held elevated by means other than the elevating means.

While the invention is not necessarily restricted to a rotary carrierthis is probably the most satisfactory type of carrier, and for thepurpose of disclosure reference is had to the accompanying drawingsillustrating a constructional form of bottle filling machine, in whichdrawings like letters designate the same parts in the several views, andin which- Figure 1 is a view in central vertical section, the elevatingmeans for the counterweights being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is aview in elevation, certain parts being omitted. Fig. 3 is a sectionalplan view, certain parts being omitted and Fig. a is a local view of theelevating cam.

The movable carrier, which is shown in the drawings as being of therotary type, consists of the hollow vertical shaft a driven by a wormshaft 6 meshing with a gear 0 carried by the shaft a, a, designating asupport, for the filling means, carried by the shaft a. a is also asupport carried by the shaft a and provided with the inclining portion athe pulleys a and the openings a co operating with the cables connectingthe bottle supports cl slidably mounted on the inclining walls a withthe counterweights c held in position by the guide openings a formed inthe support a also carried by the shaft (1. r

f designates the usual bottle filling means carried with the movablecarrier. It will be understood that any suitable valve mechanism isemployed for controlling the How of liquid, throughthe bottle fillingmeans f, but this element is not referred to in the claims, and formingno part of the present invention has notbeen illustrated on thedrawings.

9 designates a helical cam member vertically disposed below thecounterweights e and rotatable in the path of movement of saidcounterweights. This cam member 9 is mounted on a shaft 7b which issuitably driven, as also is the worm shaft 5. i

k designates a guide rail or temporary support for the counterweightsduring a portion of their movement, and this guide rail is is disposedin the path of travel of said counterweights at a position adjacent saidcam member and disposed slightly above the normal lower ends of saidcounter weights.

From the foregoing it will be seen that as the counterweights reach thehelical cam member they are successively elevated and deposited on theend of the guide rail 70, and during their passage across the guide railis the corresponding bottle support, with its bottle, is moved away fromthe filling device, a new bottle being replaced in its stead, and whenthe counterweight drops off the guide rail the bottle support is forcedupwardly and the bottle is snugly held in place with reference to itsparticular filling device.

It will be understood that modifications might be made in the structuralarrangement without departing from the spirit of the invention, andhaving thus described a practical embodiment of same,

What I claim is 1. In a bottle filling machine, the combi nation of amovable carrier, a, plurality of bottle supports movably mountedthereon, counterweights connected with said supports and normallyholding same in the filling position, automatic means elevating saidcounterweights, and means temporarily holding said counterweightselevated independently of said automatic means, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a movable carrier, aplurality of bottle supports movably mounted thereon,

counterweights connected with said supports and normally holding same inthe filling position, automatic means elevating said counterweightscomprising a helical cam member operating in the path of movement ofsaid counterweights, and means temporarily holding said counterweightselevated independently of said-automatic means, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a movable carrier, aplurality of bottle supports movably mounted thereon, counterweightsconnected with said supports and normally holding same in the fillingposition, automatic means elevating said counterweights, and meanstemporarily holding said counterweights elevated independently of saidautomatic means comprising a guide rail disposed in the path of movementof said counterweights and at a height above the normal position of thelower ends of said counterweights, substantially as described.

4. In a bottle filling machine, the combination of a movable carrier, aplurality of bottle supports slidingly mounted thereon, counterweightsconnected with said supports normally holding same in the fillingposition, said counterweights being vertically disposed and held againstlateral movement by guiding apertures formed in :a support mounted onsaid carrier, automatic means elevatingsaid counterweights at apredetermined position of their path of travel, and

means temporarily holding said counterweights elevated independently ofsaid automat1c means, substantially as described.

5. In a rotar Y bottling machine having a number of bott e fillingdevices and a corresponding number of movable bottle supports, thecombination with counterweights one for each of the bottle supports andeach connected to the corresponding bottle support by a chain passingover a guide roll, of a shaft rotated in accordance with but fullyindependent of the rotation of the bottlin machine, a helical memberfixed to said shaft and successively lifting the counterweights one foreach full revolution of the shaft thereby successively releasing thefilled bottles placed upon the bottle supports from the bottle fillingdevices, and a guide rail which receives the lifted counterweights andkeeps them inoperative during a certain time, whereupon it brings againthe counterweights into action, so that the empty bot tles inserted uponthe bottle support are pressed against the bottle filling devices,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I, ANDERS ANDER- SEN PINDsTorTE, have signed myname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses,this ninth day of September 1909.

ANDERS ANDERSEN PINDSTOFTE.

Witnesses:

MARCUS MoLLER, CHR. MORTENSEN.

